Thanksgiving

Check out that wattle. And that snood.

Tomorrow is the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada. Food wise, it's pretty similar to the US which generally means turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and so on. If you're going to have a big family dinner, it's usually today, Sunday. Then everyone spends the holiday Monday on a couch complaining about how much they ate.

About the turkey, I have to say, I don't think I've ever really taken such a close-up look at one like I did last March at a small petting zoo near my in-law's place. That wattle—the red skin hanging from the turkey's chin—is, well, wrinklier and redder and bigger than I'd imagined. And that snood—the skin hanging off the turkey's forehead and actually covering its beak—is, well, it matches the wattle. But I think it's that weird lumpy brain looking skin on the top of its head that creeps me out the most, for some reason. Or, maybe it's just the combination of all three.

Thanksgiving

Check out that wattle. And that snood.

Tomorrow is the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada. Food wise, it's pretty similar to the US which generally means turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie and so on. If you're going to have a big family dinner, it's usually today, Sunday. Then everyone spends the holiday Monday on a couch complaining about how much they ate.

About the turkey, I have to say, I don't think I've ever really taken such a close-up look at one like I did last March at a small petting zoo near my in-law's place. That wattle—the red skin hanging from the turkey's chin—is, well, wrinklier and redder and bigger than I'd imagined. And that snood—the skin hanging off the turkey's forehead and actually covering its beak—is, well, it matches the wattle. But I think it's that weird lumpy brain looking skin on the top of its head that creeps me out the most, for some reason. Or, maybe it's just the combination of all three.